Trang ends competition at world badminton event

Vũ Thị Trang is out of the World Badminton Championship after losing in the third round match on Thursdya in Belgium. Photo webthethao.vn

HÀ NỘI Vietnamese athlete Vũ Thị Trang was knocked out of the World Badminton Championship on Thursday in Belgium.

World No 72 Trang lost 15-21, 21-14, 16-21 to No 32 Yeo Jia Min of Singapore in the third round of the women's singles.

Both players have been surprises of the tournament after unseeded Trang defeated the tournament's 15th seed Line Kjaersfeldt of Denmark in the previous round while Yeo sent No 1 seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan home.

After Trang's defeat Việt Nam have no players left at the championship which will end on Sunday. VNS